All the headlines from our AXA XL Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 27 2019 // AXA XL announced it has completed the acquisition of Secure Legal Title Ltd., a London-based insurance agency and Lloyd’s approved coverholder, with operations in the U.K., Europe, India and the Americas.Founded in...
Nov 20 2019 // AXA XL Insurance launched Cube, a risk innovation incubator, a six-week program designed to enable risk managers to work alongside AXA XL risk and innovation experts to develop innovative risk management solutions for...
Nov 7 2019 // Seventeen insurers have restricted insurance services to coal projects in the past two years.A dozen insurers have adopted policies to stop all direct insurance coverage to new coal projects – among them are Allianz,...
Oct 29 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has commenced underwriting casualty and construction insurance in France and filled two key in-country leadership posts, naming Olivier Antiphon as head of...
Oct 25 2019 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its Belgian banking operations, AXA Bank Belgium, to Crelan Bank for cash and Crelan’s loan insurance business.In addition, AXA and Crelan have also agreed to a...
Oct 21 2019 // Reid French has stepped down as CEO of the insurance agency technology firm Applied Systems, and Cloud Technology Executive Taylor Rhodes has joined Applied as the new CEO.French, who served as CEO for eight years, will...
Oct 18 2019 // Munich Reinsurance America has appointed Juan Herrera as its first full-time head of Diversity and Inclusion. Herrera will oversee all diversity and inclusion efforts across the North American region including Munich...
Oct 15 2019 // French insurer AXA is considering selling its Central European business as part of a restructuring to quit markets where it lacks scale, three sources familiar with the situation said.AXA is undergoing a deep restructuring...
Sep 27 2019 // AXA XL Insurance announced the appointment of Saverio Longo as country leader, Italy. He will join AXA XL in November and will be based in Milan. He succeeds Simona Fumagalli, who was appointed head of International...
Sep 26 2019 // AXA XL and Accenture are partnering to offer global cyber-security expertise to AXA XL’s underwriters, brokers and clients to strengthen their cyber capabilities and recover from cyber attacks.AXA XL — AXA’s...
Sep 20 2019 // AXA Liabilities Managers announced it has completed the acquisition of the non-life legacy portfolio of Munich Re Malaysia (a branch of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich).The portfolio...
Sep 19 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its leadership team in France, naming Katell Pouliquen as head of Claims, Louis du Ché as head of Property and Ludovic Ruiller as head of...
Sep 12 2019 // AXA XL is partnering with digital private flood insurance program manager Neptune Flood in a strategic underwriting partnership that will more than double Neptune’s capacity across the country.According to CEO Jim...
Sep 11 2019 // AXA XL has launched a local captive practice in Canada which will be led by expert Alonso Y. Tello.Tello’s appointment is part of AXA XL’s continued growth to bring in expertise and expand the group’s...
Sep 6 2019 // French insurer AXA SA and Affin Bank Bhd. are exploring options including a potential sale of their life and general insurance business in Malaysia that could fetch about $650 million, according to people with knowledge of...
Sep 4 2019 // AXA XL, the property/casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has named Austin Su as U.S. Underwriting Lead of its Structured Risk Solutions (SRS) business. Based in New York, Su joins SRS’ growing global...
Aug 23 2019 // Electric luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) may be 40% more likely to cause accidents than their standard engine counterparts, possibly because drivers are still getting used to their quick acceleration, French...
Aug 16 2019 // AXA XL has added Jennifer Arezes to its property insurance team in Canada. Arezes is based in Toronto and will work alongside Ian Rutherford, head of Property, Canada and Urs Uhlmann, CEO and country manager AXA XL, Canada...
Aug 1 2019 // AXA SA’s shift away from life insurance yielded growing volumes and improved profitability as a restructuring move hit the bottom line.The French financial giant’s first-half net income fell 19% to 2.33 billion...
Jul 31 2019 // AXA XL Insurance announced the appointment of Simona Fumagalli as head of International Financial Lines, Europe, based in Milan. In her new role, Fumagalli will be responsible for developing the business line’s...